History GCSE subject content April 2014 from three eras: Medieval ( ), Early Modern ( ) and Modern (1700-present day) on three time scales: short (depth study), medium (period study – at least 50 years) and long (thematic study) on three geographical contexts: a locality (the historic environment – 1 particular site in context); British; and European and / or wider world settings British history must form a minimum of 40% of the assessed content over the full course.

History GCSE subject content cont… Students should study: At least one British depth study. At least one European or wider world depth study. A period study from at least one of the defined historical eras. A particular site in its historical context. One thematic study across all the three eras. The depth studies must not be from the same era of history. The period study does not have to be British and can be of the same era as one of the depth studies. The thematic study must differ significantly in focus from the depth and period studies.

And we also know… A new grading structure of 9-1 will replace A*-G. There will be no controlled assessment. All exams will be sat at the end of the course. There will be a minimum of 3.5 hours of exams. The British history component must be 40% (up from 25%).

* Subject to accreditation by Ofqual Pearson and AQA – 1 course of the most popular parts of Modern World and SHP OCR – 2 course choice: SHP and Explaining the Modern World Pearson and OCR – GCSEs consist of 3 papers AQA – GCSE is 2 papers of 1 hour 45 mins each

* Subject to accreditation by Ofqual AQA – Understanding the modern world and shaping the nation Paper 1 – 1 hour and 45 mins – 50% of GCSE Choose 1 from 4 period studies (6 questions) Choose 1 from 5 wider world depth studies (4 questions) Paper 2 – 1 hour and 45 mins – 50%of GCSE Choose 1 from 3 thematic studies (5 questions) Choose 1 from 4 British depth studies which incorporate the study of the historic environment (5 questions)

* Subject to accreditation by Ofqual AQA Paper 1 Period studies USA : expansion and consolidation Germany : democracy and dictatorship Russia : Tsardom and communism America : opportunity and inequality AQA Paper 1 Wider world depth studies Conflict and tension: Conflict and tension: Conflict and tension between east and west: Conflict and tension in Asia: Conflict and tension:

* Subject to accreditation by Ofqual AQA Paper 2 Thematic studies Britain: health and the people Britain: power and the people Britain and the world: migration, empires and the people AQA Paper 2 British depth studies + historic environment Norman England Medieval England – the reign of Edward I Elizabethan England Restoration England Sites will be nominated each year.

* Subject to accreditation by Ofqual OCR GCSE History A: Explaining the Modern World Paper 1 International Relations One non-British depth study Paper 2 Thematic study (Migration Through Time OR Power: monarchy and democracy OR War and British Society c.790 to c.2010) Paper 3 One British depth study A study of the historic environment

* Subject to accreditation by Ofqual OCR A: Non-British Depth Study China Germany Poland Russia South Africa The USA The USA OCR A: British Depth Study Empire and Migration c The Making of England Personal Rule to Restoration The British depth study has to match the thematic study chosen.

* Subject to accreditation by Ofqual GCSE OCR History B: The Schools History Project (the only official SHP spec.) Paper 1 Thematic study (The People’s Health OR Crime and Punishment OR Migrants to Britain) British depth study Paper 2 A study of the historic environment Paper 3 Period study (Viking Age OR Mughal Empire OR Making of America) Non-British depth study

* Subject to accreditation by Ofqual OCR B: British depth study options The Norman Conquest The Elizabethans Britain in Peace and War OCR B: Non-British depth study options (must be from a different era) The First Crusade c The Aztec Empire and the Spanish Conquest Living under Nazi Rule

Pearson British thematic study is linked with historic environment: Medicine in Britain, c1000–present with The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: surgery and treatment Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present with Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: crime and policing Warfare and British Society, c1250–present with London and the Second World War, 1939–45 Choose 1 of these = 30% * Subject to accreditation by Ofqual

Pearson: British Depth Study (20%) Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88 The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189–1216 Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509–40 Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 Pearson: Period Study (20%) Spain and the ‘New World’, c1490–c1555 British America, 1713–83: empire and revolution The American West, c1835– c1895 Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941–91 Conflict in the Middle East, c1945–95 Choose 1 of each – no prohibited combinations.

* Subject to accreditation by Ofqual Paper 3 Pearson: Modern Depth Study – 30% Choose one option from the following list. There are no prohibited combinations. Russia and the Soviet Union, 1924–41 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 Mao’s China, 1945–76 The USA, 1954–75: conflict at home and abroad

AQA Britain: health and the people Britain: power and the people Britain and the world: migration, empires and the people Half of paper 2 – 25% of whole GCSE OCR A (EMW) War and British Society c.790 to c.2010 Power: monarchy and democracy Migration Through Time All of paper 2 * Subject to accreditation by Ofqual Comparison of thematic studies Pearson OCR B (SHP) The People’s Health Crime and Punishment Migrants to Britain Part of paper 1 Medicine in Britain, c1000– present Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000– present Warfare and British Society, c1250–present Paper 1 – linked to a specific historic environment so 30% of whole GCSE

AQA USA : expansion and consolidation Germany : democracy and dictatorship Russia : Tsardom and communism America : opportunity and inequality 60% of paper 1 OCR A (EMW) International Relations Part of paper 1 * Subject to accreditation by Ofqual Comparison of period studies Pearson OCR B (SHP) Viking Age Mughal Empire Making of America Part of paper 3 Spain and the ‘New World’, c1490– c1555 British America, 1713–83: empire and revolution The American West, c1835–c1895 Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941–91 Conflict in the Middle East, c1945– 95 Paper 2 – half of paper - 20% of GCSE

AQA Norman England Medieval England – the reign of Edward I Elizabethan England Restoration England 50% of paper 2 and includes the historic environment – sites not yet named. OCR A (EMW) Empire and Migration c The Making of England Personal Rule to Restoration Must match thematic study - part of paper 3 * Subject to accreditation by Ofqual Comparison of British depth studies Pearson OCR B (SHP) The Norman Conquest The Elizabethans Britain in Peace and War Part of paper 1 Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88 The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189–1216 Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509– 40 Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 Paper 2 – half of paper - 20% of GCSE

AQA Conflict and tension: Conflict and tension: Conflict and tension between east and west: Conflict and tension in Asia: Conflict and tension: % of paper 1 OCR A (EMW) China Germany Poland Russia South Africa The USA The USA Part of paper 1 * Subject to accreditation by Ofqual Comparison of wider-world depth studies Pearson OCR B (SHP) The First Crusade c The Aztec Empire and the Spanish Conquest Living under Nazi Rule Part of paper 3 – choice must be from different era than British depth study Russia and the Soviet Union, 1924–41 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 Mao’s China, 1945–76 The USA, 1954–75: conflict at home and abroad Paper 3 – 30% of GCSE

Things to consider The history that your students will study from Year 7 (earlier?) until Year 13 – is the programme of study coherent, relevant, engaging…? May be a choice between GCSE being 2 or 3 exam papers. Where do you want to do the historic environment (a separate paper (OCR SHP), tied to thematic study (Pearson), tied to British depth study (AQA), part of a paper and not otherwise tied (OCR EMW)?